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lour
lower
verb, intr loured, louring
    1. Said of the sky or elements: to darken or threaten rain or storms.
    2. To scowl or look angry or gloomy.
noun
    1. A scowl.
Derivative: louring
adj
    Looking threatening or gloomy
      Thesaurus: threatening, menacing, ominous.
Etymology: 13c in sense 2; 15c in sense 1.




low1
adj lower, lowest
    1. Said of a building, hill, etc: measuring comparatively little from top to bottom.
    2. Close to the ground, sea-level, the horizon, etc.
      Example: low cloud
      Thesaurus: flat, squat, level, low-lying, prostrate, crouched, knee-high; Antonym: raised.
    3. Said of a temperature, volume of water, score, etc: measuring comparatively less than is usual or average.
      Example: The river is low
    4. Having little value; not costing very much.
    5. Said of numbers: small.
    6. Not near the top.
      Example: Shopping was low on her list of priorities
    7. Coarse, rude, vulgar, etc.
      Thesaurus: vulgar, base, mean, cheap, coarse, contemptible, crude, degraded, scurvy; Antonym: noble, lofty.
    8. Being of humble rank or position.
    9. Not very advanced; unsophisticated.
      Example: Worms are a low form of animal life
    10. Said of the neckline of a garment: leaving the neck and upper part of the chest bare.
    11a. Said of a sound, note, voice, etc: quiet; soft;
      Example: The fridge gives out a low hum
      Thesaurus: muffled, soft, hushed, quiet; Antonym: loud, blaring.
    11b. Said of a sound, note, voice, etc: produced by slow vibrations and having a deep pitch.
    12a. Weak; lacking in energy or vitality;
      Example: feeling low after the operation
    12b. Depressed; dispirited.
      Example: feeling low after losing his job
      Thesaurus: dejected, unhappy, dispirited, moody, downcast, down, blue; Antonym: cheerful, upbeat.
    13. Unfavourable.
      Example: a low opinion
    14. Underhanded; unprincipled
      Example: How low can you get?
    15. Giving a relatively slow engine speed.
      Example: a low gear
    16. Subdued.
      Example: low lighting
    17. Not prominent or conspicuous.
      Example: keeping a low profile
    18. Said of latitudes: near the equator.
    19. phonetics.
      Said of a vowel: produced with the tongue or part of the tongue comparatively depressed and away from the palate. Also called open.
adverb
    1. In or to a low position, state or manner.
      Example: aimed low and fired
      Example: brought low by his gambling debts
    2. In a small quantity or to a small degree.
    3a. Said of a sound, etc: quietly;
    3b. Said of a sound, etc: with or in a deep pitch.
    4a. Not measuring much in a specified respect;
      Example: low-voltage
    4b. Not far off the ground;
      Example: low-slung
    4c. Deeply;
      Example: low-cut
    4d. Lowly.
      Example: low-born
noun
    1. A depth, position, level, etc which is low or lowest.
      Example: The pound has reached an all-time low
    2. meteorol.
Derivative: lowness
noun
    Idiom: lay low
    Idiom: lie low
    Idiom: lowest of the low
      The most contemptible.
    Idiom: low in something
      Containing less than the average amount, etc of it.
        Example: low in fat
    Idiom: low on something
      sometimes euphemistic
      Not having much of it.
        Example: We're low on coffee
        Example: She's a bit low on the brains front
      Not having much of it left.
        Example: running low on petrol
    Etymology: 12c: from Norse lagr.




    lower1
    adj
      1. Not as high in position, status, height, value, etc.
        Example: lower middle class
        Thesaurus: inferior, lesser, minor, subordinate, subservient, junior, secondary.
      2. Said of an animal or plant: less highly developed than other species.
      3. Said of part of a river or the area of land around it: relatively far from the source.
        Example: lower Deeside
      4a. In place names: relatively far south;
      4b. In place names: geographically not so high.
    adverb
      1. In or to a lower position.
    verb lowered, lowering
      1. To lessen or become less in amount, value, status, sound, etc.
        Thesaurus: scale down, decrease, downgrade, curtail; Antonym: increase.
      2a. To pull down;
        Example: We'd better lower the window
      2b. To cause or allow something to come down.
        Example: lowered the lifeboat
      3. To reduce or cause something to be reduced.
        Example: The rejection lowered his confidence
        Thesaurus: belittle, condescend, humiliate, degrade, devalue, debase, demote.
    Etymology: 13c.




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